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All Fifty States Plus D.C. and Puerto Rico Greenlit to Move EV Charging Networks Forward
The Biden Administration this week (Sept 27) announced it has approved Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plans for all 50 States, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico ahead of schedule under the National Electric Vehicle ...
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SoCalGas Successfully Tests Microgrid Demonstration Project in Downey
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) this week announced that its [H2] Innovation Experience in Downey is now using renewable hydrogen that is produced onsite. The project will demonstrate the resiliency and reliability of ...
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Biden Administration Announces $7 Billion Funding Opportunity to Jump-Start America's Clean Hydrogen
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Sept 22) opened applications for the $7 billion program to create regional clean hydrogen hubs (H2Hubs) across the country, which will form a critical arm of America's future clean energy economy. As part of ...
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Governor Hochul Announces Four Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Installed in New York
New York Governor Kathy Hochul this week announced four gigawatts of distributed solar—community, residential, small commercial and industrial projects—have been installed across the state, enough to power more than 710,000 homes, underscoring New ...
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AutoGrid Partners with Mysa to Launch Utility-Scale Virtual Power Plants
AutoGrid, a leading Virtual Power Plant (VPP) provider, announced this week it will launch one of several VPP projects in collaboration with Canadian manufacturer Mysa, whose line of smart thermostats for electric heating and cooling systems is ...
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sonnenConnect Launches in California, Providing a First-of-Its-Kind Alternative to Net Metering
sonnen, a global market leader in smart energy storage and virtual power plant (VPP) technology, this week announced the launch of sonnenConnect, California’s most advanced consumer battery program to date. The grid-interactive model combines ...
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Breakthrough ANL Software Platform Supports Grid Services, Empowers Utilities, Consumers
Our already complex power grid is getting even more intricate, thanks to distributed energy resources (DERs) -- devices that generate power and store energy locally - such as solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles chargers, HVAC systems, smart ...
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World's First "GridOptimal" Building is Sonoma Clean Power's Headquarters
Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) recently unveiled its new all-electric headquarters which features an innovative microgrid, and goes far beyond "net zero energy" standards by reducing greenhouse gas emissions on the State's electric grid. Located ...
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ESS Inc. and SMUD Announce Agreement to Deploy up to 200 MW / 2 GWh of Long-Duration Energy Storage
ESS Inc., a leading manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD), the nation’s sixth-largest, community-owned, not-for-profit ...
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Nexamp Provides Non-Wires Alternative Solution for National Grid Substation in New York
Nexamp, together with National Grid, is addressing increased energy demand at the Coffeen substation in Watertown, New York with the construction of a new solar + storage facility that will eliminate the need for additional transmission ...
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Terbine to Seamlessly Link EV Chargers with Drivers Across the U.S.
Terbine this week announced an open initiative to digitally bring electric vehicles and EV chargers from all manufacturers as well as power utilities into a unified system. Called TerbineLink, the system is designed to synchronize the core elements ...
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Xcel Energy and Bloom Energy to Produce Zero-Carbon Hydrogen at Nuclear Facility
Bloom Energy this week announced plans to install an electrolyzer at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minnesota. The installation is designed to augment existing nuclear infrastructure to create immediate and ...
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ENGIE Has Reached an Important Milestone in the Australian Renewable Hydrogen Project with Yara
ENGIE has taken the Final Investment Decision in the development of one of the world's first industrial-scale renewable hydrogen projects, to be located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Scheduled for completion in 2024, the first phase of ...
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ecobee Launches Pilot Program with California Utility to Help Prevent Power Emergencies
ecobee, a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems, this week announced the launch of a pilot program with San Diego Gas & Electric designed to help prevent power outages caused by extreme weather, sustained high heat, and ...
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Nissan Approves First Bi-directional Charger for Use with Nissan LEAF in the U.S.
Working with Fermata Energy, a vehicle-to-grid services provider, Nissan has approved the first ever bi-directional charger for use with the Nissan LEAF in the U.S. With Nissan's approval, along with its UL 9741 certification for bi-directional ...
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StoreDot Ships EV Cell Samples of Its ‘100in5’ Battery Technology
StoreDot, a pioneer of extreme fast charging batteries for electric vehicles, has commenced shipping EV cell samples of its ‘100in5’ battery technology to strategic electric vehicle OEM partners and potential customers. Following the ...
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ICC Issues Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act NOI Report
The Illinois Commerce Commission is announcing the release of a Notice of Inquiry Report on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The Report summarizes information collected by the state’s regulated utilities and other stakeholders ...
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New York Power Authority Recognized for Innovative Leadership for Battery Energy Storage System
The New York Power Authority announced this week (Sept 1) that it received an Innovation Icon award from Cloud for Utilities for a first-of-its-kind battery storage system expected to serve as a model for commercial buildings looking for safer, ...
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IRENA Report: Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs. The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15%, offshore wind by 13% and solar PV by ...
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Enphase Energy and Home Connect Launch Integrated Clean Home Energy and Smart Appliances Platform
Enphase Energy, Inc., a global energy technology company that notes it is the world's leading supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, announced this week a new agreement with Home Connect, an open digital platform that allows home ...